Tagiades nestus

Tagiades nestus, the Papuan snow flat or Nestus flat, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the Australian islands in the Torres Strait and in New Guinea.

Tagiades nestus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Tagiades
Species:
T. nestus
Binomial name
Tagiades nestus
(Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
List
  • Pterygospidea nestus C. Felder, 1860
  • Tagiades curiosa Swinhoe, 1905
  • Tagiades monachus Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Tagiades curatus Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Tagiades swinhoei Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Tagiades suffusus Rothschild, 1915
  • Tagiades neira var. metanga Ribbe, 1889
  • Tagiades korela Mabille, 1891
  • Tagiades sivoa Swinhoe, 1904

Its wingspan is about 40 mm.

Its larvae feed on Dioscorea species.

Subspecies
  • Tagiades nestus nestus
  • Tagiades nestus sivoa Swinhoe, 1904 (New Guinea)


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